The Erie County Sheriff’s Office has announced it will be scheduling deputy sheriffs to work high visibility traffic enforcement throughout the county for OVI and speed enforcement during high school Homecoming season in an effort to remove impaired drivers from the roadway.
The sheriff’s office will be utilizing grant funds recently obtained from the Ohio Traffic Safety Office to support these efforts.
According to a release from the Erie County Sheriff’s Office, special attention will be directed to US Route 250, State Route 4, State Route 61, State Route 60, State
Route 2 and State Route 6 corridors.
The efforts are also hoped to enforce both speed and safety belt violations as to create safer roads. The release stated a total of 40 additional traffic enforcement stops were made in July using grant funding.